This week:

24/4 Book Launch: ‘The Material Body: Embodiment, History and Archaeology in Industrialising England, 1700-1850’

24/4 Talk: ‘Making a pocket knife’

25-26/4 Seminar: ‘The new ‘Locust Years’ & the destruction of ancient woodland heritage’

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/

UPDATE: The consultation period has been postponed. It will now run during May.

Have your say in the Council’s Culture Strategy: online consultation has begun, ending 30th April.

Working alongside their recently adopted Heritage Strategy, it aims to promote cultural history, support creatives and enable collaboration.

Details ⬇️
haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/culture-strate…

Early April Events

• Regular Park Hill tours

• 3/4 Talk: ‘Sheffield Hero Arnold Loosemore VC’

• 8/4 Talk: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Barnsley Linen Industry’

• 9/4 Talk: ‘Discovering a Henge at Sheldon’

• 9/4 3D Modelling in Graves Park

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/

New research shows your life satisfaction improves to the value of £515 a year from living near heritage.

The overall wellbeing value for day-to-day encounters with heritage is estimated to be worth £29 billion annually in England.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/WellbeingHerit… Department for Culture, Media and Sport

This evening, hear about the past, present and future of Sheffield Castle with a talk on its history and development proposals.

• Today, 7-9pm
• Portland Works, Randall St.
• £6.13 pp

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/sheffie…

Knights in Battle are back at Sheffield Libraries, with the gory story of the medieval barber-surgeon! See the surgical implements of the time and hear about the treatments. 🩸

📆 Weds 27 March
🕡 6.30pm
📍 Central Library

Free, book via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/825263985797…

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the Great Sheffield Flood. Commemorative events this weekend:

• Exhibition at the Samuel Worth Chapel, General Cemetery (11-4 Sat&Sun, Free)
• Tour: victims of the flood, General Cemetery (11am Sat&Sun, £5)

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/160th-a…

Today is the 160th anniversary of the Great Sheffield Flood when the dam at Dale Dyke reservoir broke.

Over 240 people lost their life as water flooded down the Loxley Valley into Sheffield and beyond. The flood led to important engineering reforms to set new standards for dams.

Could you help save a 19thC Sheffield-built organ from landfill?

A Cleethorpes Baptist church needs a new home for their 19th century Brindley & Foster organ, built at the Columbia Place works on Suffolk Road.

More information and contact details here: joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/news/sheffield…

NEWS: The JUHS Heritage Strategy has been formally adopted by Sheffield City Council, signifying a commitment to city heritage and creating an action plan for delivering its goals.

JUHS would like to thank all of its advocates for making this possible.

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/news/council-t…

On Fri 8 March #IWD2024 (17:30 - 19:30) we’re hosting an event on the history of travelling Ayahs. Tickets 👉🏾 eventbrite.co.uk/e/travelling-a… (Pictured: an unnamed Ayah at Page Hall, #Sheffield painted by Margaret Scott Gatty of Ecclesfield in the 19th century) #exploreyourarchive

Two upcoming heritage events:

2/3 Women’s suffrage in Sheffield: ‘Radical - The Chartist Women of Sheffield’ exhibition and film

5/3 The Sheffield workhouse: Talk by Mary Garside for the Victorian Society

See our website: joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/

TONIGHT: ‘The history of Bolsterstone Glass’, a talk by Dennis Pindar for the South Yorkshire Industrial Society.

7:30-9pm, Kelham Island Museum. Non-members welcome.

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Work is now starting on the Castle site!! Excavation of the Castle Gatehouse will be a key feature. Watch this space for ongoing updates!! sheffnews.com/news/transform…

Two heritage talks next week:

6/2 ‘Professor Turner’s Glass Legacy’ A talk from the Victorian society on the great glass innovator
7/2 ‘The story of Taylor’s Eye Witness’, Sheffield’s best known cutlery brand.

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/

This year sees the 160th anniversary of The Great Sheffield Flood.
There are countless accounts in the newspaper archives but every now and then you come across one that truly conveys the sense of tragedy. This extract is from The Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 15 March 1864

TONIGHT: 4-6pm, online
JUHS bi-monthly meeting, open to all. An excellent opportunity to hear updates on JUHS’s work to promote heritage throughout Sheffield and connect with other heritage organisations.

joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk/events/juhs-bi…

Unfortunately the heritage fair has closed early due to problems with the electrics in the Millennium Gallery 🙁

Sheffield Heritage Fair is a fantastic annual event.

Find out more about Sheffield’s rich and diverse heritage and meet over 40 local groups who care for and champion our city’s history and heritage.

11am-4pm today at the Millennium Gallery.